Panel 1 Energy, environment,

transport and technologies

in cities

Facilitator:

Scott Foster, Director UNECE Sustainable Energy Division

Key note presentation:

Ger Baron, Programme Manager Amsterdam Smart City, City of Amsterdam

Speakers:

Michael Keane, Senior Partner, K2S Advisors

Jennifer Layke, Executive Director, Institute for Building Efficiency, Johnson Controls

Key Note

Ger Baron „Transforming to a Smart City: the case of Amsterdam“

• The City is an Open Platform for communication, organization and interconnection

• Products and Services are User Centric

• The most liveable cities will be cities with the best Apps

• Paradigm shift: Ownership vs Availability

Panel Discussion

Michael Keane, K2S Advisors

• Where the investments will come from? The proper use of data can lower cost of capital

• The cities should be the gatekeepers to the collection of data

• The Smart City is a networked and connected city. Technology is available

• Regulation and Public Policy: adapting to a new world of ubiquitous data capture; the obligation to develop better public understanding

Panel Discussion

Jennifer Layke, Johnson Controls

• A need to design policies that enable urban environments to transition to cost-effective energy efficient buildings and bridge the efficiency gap

• Investments in efficiency can improve “energy productivity” delivering comfort and functionality with lower costs and improved technology

• City planners and policymakers can influence actions – there are commercially available and cost effective solutions

Conclusions

• Cities are platforms for communication, organization and interconnection

• Investments need to be brought for infrastructure and real estate projects. PPPs are one of the most promising ways to make that happen

• Properly designed policies may bridge the efficiency gap and encourage investmets that would deliver comfort and functionality with lower costs and improved technology – already available

Facilitator:

Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE Transport Division

Speakers:

Brinda Wachs, Environmental Affairs Officer, UNECE

Svetlana Ristic, Chief of the Housing Department, Ministry of Construction and

Urbanism of the Republic of Serbia

Tamara Rukhadze, Head of Department, Spatial Planning and Construction Policy,

Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Nikolai Bobylev, Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, Associate

Professor, St.Petersburg State University, Russia

Panel Discussion

• The Pan European Programme on Transport, Health and Environment (THE PEP) optimizes the inter-sectoral policy approach;

• THE PEP Staffete works for the development of National Transport, Health and Environment Action Plans (NTHEAPs);

• New Initiatives – Policies Frameworks for:

– Walking and cycling;

– Signs and signalling for active mobility,

– Eco driving and e-mobility,

– The car-free-city-center initiative.

Panel Discussion

National Social Housing Strategy and Action Plan

• Standards for construction of new houses

(improve energy efficiency standards)

• Increase scope an variety of housing supply;

• Increase affordability of housing costs;

• Improve living conditions;

Panel Discussion

Challenges • Huge misbalance in urbanization rate;

• Distribution of population;

• Urban-rural population balance;

• Lack of ralrge cities;

• Under-representation of medium size cities;

• Tbilisi is dominating urban hierarchy;

• Magority of the regions are deeply rural;

Policies: • a)Institutional and planning, b) regulation, c)fiscal

policies, d) technologies

Panel Discussion

Urban physical infrastructure (UPI) is one of the major assets of a city.

– Pressure of urbanization

– Climate change factors

Challenges: • Urbanization and compact city vision;

• Climate change mitigation and adaptation;

• Use of land resources;

• Local renewable energy use;

• Transport policies;

• Future research

Conclusions

General Remarks:

• Sectoral cohesion and Inter-sectoral dialogue and cooperation;

• Urban Transport Policy should be part of National Transport Policy;

• UT is part of the Transport Network;

Challenges – Opportunities:

• Modal shift, safety and technological applications;

• One Ticket system;

• Eco driving and e-mobility

• Policy frameworks for walking and cycling;

• Climate change mitigation and adaptation;

General Remarks:

• Standards for construction of new houses as to improve energy efficiency are needed;

• Pressure of urbanization;

• Climate change factors;

Challenges – Opportunities:

• Increase affordability of housing costs;

• Increase scope an variety of housing supply;

• Huge misbalance in urbanization rate;

• Distribution of population and Urban-rural population balance;

• Use of Local renewable energy;

Panel 2

Ageing and accessibility in

cities

Facilitator:

Andres Vikat, Chief, Social and Demographic Statistics Section,

UNECE Statistical Division

Key note presentation:

Pierre-Marie Chapon, Director of Research, ICADE, France

Speakers:

Vivane Brunne, UNECE Population Division

Lisa Warth, WHO Global Network on Age-friendly Cities and Communities

Key Note

Pierre-Marie Chapon, ICADE

• Main challenge: integrated approach to urban

planning

• Challenge: environment of the suburbs

• Good governance is a key solution

Panel Discussion

Vivane Brunne, UNECE

• Ageing influences all policy areas

• Opportunities of active ageing

• Participatory approach: involvement of older

persons in developing solutions for them

• Ageing-related policies have to cover both urban

and rural areas

Panel Discussion

Lisa Warth, WHO

• What is an age-friendly city?

• The Global Network

• Participatory approach: «With older people»

• Integrated approach

• Design for diversity

Conclusions

• Ageing is universal

• Participatory approach

• Integrated approaches → make stakeholders collaborate

• Show the benefits of age-friendly environments to business, for decreasing social security payments, for active ageing

• Have in mind active ageing as a key policy goal

• One size does not fit all